dockerized-laravel-environment

Description

This project represents a Dockerized environment for a Laravel web application. By leveraging Alpine Linux as the base operating system, Nginx as the web server, and PHP-FPM for PHP processing, this setup ensures a lightweight, secure, and efficient infrastructure for running Laravel applications. The project directory is structured at /var/www/html, providing a centralized location for hosting the Laravel application files.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have Docker installed on your machine. Follow the Docker's official website for installation instructions.

Why Alpine Linux?

The choice of Alpine Linux as the base OS offers exceptional performance and security benefits due to its minimalistic design and focus on resource efficiency.

Why Nginx & PHP-FPM?

Nginx serves as the high-performance web server, handling incoming HTTP requests and efficiently serving static and dynamic content to users. PHP-FPM is utilized to process PHP scripts, ensuring optimal performance and scalability for Laravel applications.

Docker Compose Services

• php: Service running PHP-FPM with the project files mounted at /var/www/html.
• nginx: Nginx service serving as the web server with the project files mounted and configured at /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf.
• mysql: MySQL service with the database name "laravel", root user "laravel", and root user password "root".
• phpmyadmin: PhpMyAdmin service for database management linked to the MySQL service.

Using the Docker Setup

To incorporate the Docker environment into your project, follow these steps:

1. Add the Docker Folder:

   • Copy the docker folder from this repository and paste it into your project directory.

2. Run Docker Compose:

   • Open a terminal window and navigate to your project directory.
   • Run the following command to start the Docker containers defined in the docker-compose.yaml file:

     docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.yaml up -d

Explanation:

• The command docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.yaml up -d is used to start the Docker containers defined in the docker-compose.yaml file located in the docker folder.
• The option -f specifies the location of the compose file, in this case, ./docker/docker-compose.yaml.
• The flag -d runs the containers in detached mode, allowing them to run in the background.
• This command will initiate the setup of the PHP, Nginx, MySQL, and PhpMyAdmin services as per the configurations specified in the docker-compose.yaml file.

Database Credentials

• Database Name: laravel
• Root User: root
• Root User Password: root

Contact Me

You can contact me at yaman.engineer.dev@gmail.com

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